Book by Thorp Roderick
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Vendeur : Hawking Books, Edgewood, TX, Etats-Unis
Etat : Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; otherwise in excellent condition. Acceptable Condition. Five star seller - Buy with confidence! N° de réf. du vendeur X0393012492X4
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Vendeur : Toscana Books, AUSTIN, TX, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : new. Excellent Condition.Excels in customer satisfaction, prompt replies, and quality checks. N° de réf. du vendeur Scanned0393012492
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Vendeur : Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, Etats-Unis
First edition. First printing of Thorp's thriller, the tale of an off-duty policeman battling German terrorists in a Los Angeles office building and basis for the blockbuster holiday stalwart DIE HARD. Thorp's sequel to his 1966 novel THE DETECTIVE, continuing the gritty, noirish adventures of Joe Leland, played by Frank Sinatra in the 1968 adaptation of that first installment. In this sequel, set over a single 24-hour period in a single building, Thorp follows the traditional prescriptions for a dramatic tragedy, adhering to the unities of time, place, and action. Remarkably, obedience to the formal elements suggested by Aristotle and codified by 16th-century Italian dramatists is not the book's most enduring claim to fame: NOTHING LASTS FOREVER also had a film adaptation, in which Joe Leland was renamed John MacLane; and under that name, incarnated by Bruce Willis in DIE HARD, Thorp's character ascended to immortality in the pantheon of world-weary tough guys who have an excessively hard time during the holidays. Increasingly scarce. 8'' x 5.75''. Original half dark blue cloth with speckled red cloth boards. In original unclipped ($9.95) dust jacket, illustration by Charlie Geer. 188 pages. Minor edgwear, rubbing to jacket with some foxing on verso. Lower front flap corner clipped, but price intact (as common). Couple of small bumps to corners of book. Overall, bright and sound. Near fine in a very good jacket. N° de réf. du vendeur 55166
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Vendeur : Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Dustjacket included. Later Edition. ISBN 0393012492 . Hardback. Second printing of the First Edition with descending number line going down to #2 right below the First Edition statement on the copyright page. Book is same size and format as the First Edition. Book is in Very Good to Near Fine condition, a tight bright attractive copy with no markings to the book, having been well protected by the dustjacket over the years. Dustjacket is in Very Good plus condition with slight edgewear. $ 9.95 original price is present and unclipped on front dustjacket flap. The dustjacket has been placed in a Brodart protective cover by us to protect it and it looks much better than described. . This does not affect the dustjacket in any way, as all taping is done on the outside of the protector. Basis for the movie Die-Hard . No Signature. N° de réf. du vendeur 215174
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